Jackson v. State

Adams, Judge.

Dwayne Jamae Jackson shot Michael Mayes and Louis Cabello in the parking lot of Westgate Apartments in Garden City on March 20, 2001. Mayes died as a result of his wounds, but Cabello survived. Jackson later admitted shooting the two men, but claimed that he did so in self-defense. A jury convicted Jackson of two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.1 Following his conviction, Jackson filed a motion for new trial asserting that several improper communications between the bailiff and the jury had unfairly chilled…